DirecTV Now adds cord cutter features

DirecTV Now is priced below some of its competitors, such as Sony's PlayStation Vue, which offers five simultaneous streams. But those are included in the subscription price. "It remains to be seen if cord-cutters will go along with AT&T’s strategy," Swann said.

Because DIRECTV NOW is limiting subscribers to 100 DVR hours, hopefully, they add the ability to limit recordings to only new episodes to help avoid filling up your DVR with reruns. DIRECTV NOW had announced that the DVR would launch in the fall of 2017, but it is increasingly looking like an early 2018 launch is more likely.

Now all of its subscribers will begin getting the feature, the service says on its website. However, initially it's only available on Apple devices (using iOS 10 and higher) including Apple TV, and Chromecast devices and TVs, as …